Major dance venues tell government “we are culturally significant” after being denied funding

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163 organisations in our region awarded grants, an additional 32 venues in Greater Manchester have been added to the list of grantees. This next wave of successful grant winners includes Manchester gig venues Night and Day Cafe, Yes, and Jimmy's, plus The White Hotel nightclub in Salford, Salford Arts Theatre and Hulme's radical art and cultural centre N.I.A.M.O.S.It's part of the £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, overseen by Arts Council England, which had already allocated £257 million to venues across the country.Now, a further £76 million has been awarded to 588 organisations nationwide, including some of Greater Manchester's most popular theatres, galleries, performance groups, and arts organisations.

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the music industry celebrated over 1,000 venues, festivals and theatres being awarded Cultural Recovery Funding to survive until April and weather the storm of closures and complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic – before a second round of funding was announced on Saturday, rescuing another wave of arts spaces and organisations.With the results of the CRF funding for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to be revealed across the coming weeks, the Music Venue Trust have welcomed the impact of such an significant chunk of the £1.57billion bailout fund shared among grassroots venues in England.The MVT report that 291 grassroots music venues applied to the fund with 251 successful outcomes (89%) and 33 unsuccessful applications

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Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) have released a statement expressing their dismay that key London dance music venues have been excluded from the government’s Cultural Recovery Funding (CRF).Printworks, The Egg, Studio 338, Oval Spaces and The Pickle Factory were among the most notable names to be denied financial assistance from the first wave of the £257million grant, as the industry continues to suffer the knock-on effects of this year’s coronavirus pandemic.Despite over 1,000 venues, festivals and arts spaces being awarded CRF on Monday (October 12), many business owners of prominent venues felt there was still work to be done in order to salvage the industry.NTIA CEO Michael Kill said he was “shocked and dismayed” at the scale

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the music industry celebrated over 1,000 venues, festivals and arts spaces being awarded Cultural Recovery Funding to survive until April and weather the storm of closures and complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Following that handout of £257million, now the next round of recipients of the £1.57billion bailout fund have been revealed.Manchester’s Night And Cafe, which fought an artist-supported battle against closure back in 2014, will receive a £64,745 grant, enabling the venue to host local socially-distanced showcases from December until it can host full capacity shows again next year.“We’re delighted to have received support from the Cultural Recovery Fund,” said Night And Day director Jennifer Smithson.

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of the Cultural Recovery Fund, which saw the government pledging £1.57 billion to save the beleaguered sector earlier this year.However, The Independent claims to have seen confidential documents which show that organisations have agreed to publicise the government’s ‘Here For Culture’ campaign on social media in order to receive the funding.Speaking to the publication, one recipient said it was “somewhat galling to be forced to essentially thank the government for funds to bail us out of the situation they have put us into”.Today the Cultural Recovery Fund awards its first round of funding to 1,385 organisations.Spanning theatre, dance, music and more the awarded amount is over £250million.This will help protect the arts and save jobs.

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deemed not to be 'culturally significant' enough to receive a grant from the government and Arts Council England. The news sparked a huge reaction online, with the decision labelled 'a tragedy for the British comedy scene'.It missed out on a slice of the £257m worth of grants that were awarded yesterday - money that its director said meant 'everything' to the business.

The British government on Monday announced grants of 257 million pounds ($335 million) to help almost 1,400 arts and cultural organizations survive the coronavirus pandemic. The money — the first chunk to be spent from a 1.57-billion-pound Culture Recovery Fund — was welcomed by arts organizations that have accused the government of neglecting them while supporting other businesses.